I am thinking of buying a wireless router as i have too many wires leading to my xbox 360 etc and have decided as crimbo is upon us i might as well take the leap. I'm with Tiscali ( adsl ) and i feel like i'm wandering around the internet aimlessly looking at routers. Which one would be best for me to buy bearing in mind i'm going to be using it for gaming i.e Xbox, Wii ?

Personally I wouldn't use a wirless link for the xbox.
Wireless is fine for web browsing, saving documents to another computer, I just wouldn't use it for gaming. Wireless conections often drop and re-establish themselves fairly often, and also have a slower response time in games (lag).
Stick to using cat5 network cable for gaming and the xbox.

If you've got a wireless laptop or something you'd like to use then go for it just keep the xbox on a cable.

I'm not saying the xbox wont work wirelessly, I'm just saying that I wouldn't

Bear in mind that you'll probably need something wireless to plug into the xbox too.

I'm using an ethernet cable it goes into the back of my PC then into the back of the 360. I thought i'd need to go wireless because of the Wii. I understand they are bringing out an ethernet connector thing but will it knock out the IP settings etc on my 360 ? It took me ages to get it all sorted luckily i found a guide that someone from the xbox forums had written !!

I also have tiscali broadband and I have to use wireless connection as my computer is downstairs, and my xbox 360 is upstairs. Also my mum and dad will not let me have all the wires in the house everywhere. I've never used xbox live before and I cannot choose which wireless router to buy. I have heard netgear are good.
any one inparticular?

with tisca;i you will need a modem router which are slightly more expensive, about 60 quid in the uk.
i have got netgear and it works fine.

Originally Posted by Reader

Or a modem/router and a separate Wi-Fi access point.

When I started with Tiscali I had a modem/router (Netgear DG834) and later added a 3com Wi-Fi (WL525). Now that I've moved home I'm now on BT I started with the above but recently up-graded to a Netgear DG834N.

Never had any problems with the Netgear (or 3com) but then again other Screamers will have experience of other makes.

i have tiscali dial up but i want wire less as well for my sons laptop what the best thing to do ???

Originally Posted by paul.papworth

You would be sharing a low bandwidth connection between 2 computers but it can be done and it is not very difficult.

Leave the dial up connection on your PC. Enable Internet Connection sharing (ICS) on the dial up connection. This will turn your computer into an Internet gateway with a mini dhcp and DNS server.

You will need to share this connection with a wireless connection on the PC. The cheapest way to do this is to buy a wireless adapter for the PC. But you could also use a wireless access point (or a wireless router or wireless dsl router configured to work as and access point).

That said, you would be better of with low cost or free/bundled broadband.

im loking to be buying a wired modem/router i do a lot of online gaming using my pc, it would also have to be abkle to handle the 100s of connections at once that torrents use i have heard that some router/modems cant handle large volumes of traffic as hopfully ill be on a 13mb d/load and 1mb up any one know of a good modem /router for this

my tiscali installation disc wont finish loading, i'm connected to the internet but i want to set up wireless. can anyone suggest anything

Originally Posted by michegriff

Short of giving us a lot more information about whether you have a BB wifi router or wifi relay point, which ISP you're with, whether your 'puter is wifi enabled, which OS yo use and your inside leg measurement.......I doubt it.

__________________If you can keep your head when those around are losing theirs, maybe you just don't understand the situation.........

my tiscali installation disc wont finish loading, i'm connected to the internet but i want to set up wireless. can anyone suggest anything

Originally Posted by michegriff

Most of us use the "installation discs" as a coaster. They are usually slow & install a lot of crudware on you PC. Just tell us the make and model of the router and someone will show you how to setup wireless using a web browser.
But; The router config pages are usually located at one ofhttp://192.168.1.1http://192.168.1.254http://192.168.0.1http://192.168.2.1
Username is usually "admin"
Password is usually blank/empty or "admin" or "password" or a forgot my password wizard.

Just find the wireless settings page
Change the SSID/network name to something easily recognisable like michegriffNet
Set the Security/encryption to WPA, WPA-TKIP or WPA1/WPA2
Set a wireless key/password 8+ characters but the longer the better
Hit save/apply